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NEW DELHI: Steady conditions developed on the wholesale gur (jaggery) market on Wednesday as prices moved in a tight range on small alternate bouts of buying or selling and settled around previous levels. Traders said adequate stocks position against sporadic demand mainly kept prices steady. They said volume of business also dropped considerably due to paucity of funds. Following were Wednesday's quotation: Chakku 950-980, Pedi 930-950 and Dhayya 920-930 Shakkar 980-1000 and Khandsari 1150-1200.

PUNE/BANGALORE: Late rains and an increased demand during the festival season have brought cheer to jaggery manufacturers in Maharashtra. Contrary to their fears of jaggery turning cheaper on reports of a bumper cane production in the sugar season 2010-11, prices of top-quality jaggery are in the range of Rs 3,400-3,600 per quintal. However, reflecting the unorganised status of this sector of the sugar industry , the trend is different in Andhra Pradesh, where prices at the Ankapalle market could remain soft despite the festival offtake.

NEW DELHI: There was not much activity on the gur (jaggery) market on Saturday as prices continued to be ask around previous levels for want of fresh buying support. The volume of business was small. Marketmen said negligible arrivals in the wake of reduced offtake and tight money market conditions mainly kept prices steady.

BANGALORE: Anakapalle , the country's second largest jaggery market, will close the ongoing trading season with a volume of nearly 30 lakh lumps (one lump weighs 15 kg). At 30 lakh lumps, the volumes are higher than what the trade had initially estimated. "The robust trading has come as a surprise. At the beginning of the trading season (last September), we had anticipated only around 22-23 lakh lumps but arrival volumes rose on the back of higher demand. Jaggery is despatched from here to markets like Bihar, Bengal besides Orissa.

BANGALORE: Retail prices of jaggery, one of the key ingredients used by south Indians in their Pongal/Sankranthi celebrations is set to become costlier and are likely to touch Rs 40-44 per kg as against Rs 37-38 per kg at present. Jaggery prices in the key southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have already gone up between 4% and 12% during the last one month. Traders and analysts said besides the traditional festive demand and non-availability of adequate cane for jaggery production , there has been an increase in off-take from north India as gur and khandsari units in Uttar Pradesh have suspended operations due to the severe winter.

NEW DELHI: Steady conditions emerged on the local gur (jaggery) market on Tueday as prices moved in a narrow range in limited deals and settled around previous levels. Marketmen said adequate stocks against sporadic demand mainly kept prices steady. The volume of business was thin. Following were today's quotation: Chakku 875-925, Pedi 900-920 and Dhayya 900-920. Shakkar 950-1000 and Khandsari 1200-1250. In Muzzafar Nagar: Raskat 570-600, new Chakku 750-825 and New Khurpa 700-725.

NEW DELHI: There was not much activity on the wholesale gur (jaggery) market on Wednesday as prices moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled around previous levels. Marketmen said adequate stocks against sporadic demand mainly kept prices steady. Following were today's quotation: Chakku 900-950, Pedi 925-950 and Dhayya 925-950. Shakkar 1050-1100 and Khandsari 1300-1350. In Muzzafar Nagar: Raskat 575-600, new Chakku 750-825 and New Khurpa 740-750.

NEW DELHI: Gur (jaggery) prices declined on the local market today due to lack of buying support and close with fresh losses. The volume of business was small. Marketmen said adequate stocks against fall in demand brought down select gur prices. Prices of chakku and pedi traded lower at Rs 1075-1100 and Rs 1075-1125 against last close of Rs 1100-1125 and Rs 1100-1150 per quintal respectively. Following were today's quotations: Chakku 1100-1125, Pedi 1100-1150 and Dhayya NA. Shakkar 1100-1200 and Khandsari NA. In Muzzafar Nagar: Raskat 600-650, Chakku 925-1000, Khurpa N/A. In Murad Nagar: Pedi 975-1000 and Dhayya NA.

NEW DELHI: The wholesale Jaggery market held steady today as prices moved in a tight range on scattered buying against restricted supply and settled at last levels. Marketmen said small buying against less supply mainly kept the prices unaltered and also reduced the business volumes. The following are today's quotations per quintal: Gur chakku 2,800-3,000, pedi 2,900-3,000, dhayya 3,100-3,200 and shakkar 3,100-3,200. Muzaffarnagar: Rasket 2,600-2,650, chakku 2,650-2,950 khurpa 2,450-2,500 and Ladoo 2,700-2,750.

NEW DELHI: A rising tendency developed on the local gur (Jaggery) market during the week under reivew largely on reports of poor arrivals from producing centres due to bad weather conditions amid better offtake by the stockists and retailers and closed with good gains. On the other hand, Gur chakku prices fell in Muzzafar Nagar for want of support. Market men said poor production due to bad weather conditions aided by better offtake by the stockist and retailers boosted the prices of gur pedi and shakkar.